HOUSTON -- Heavy rain fell across the Houston area on Monday and storms were expected to stick around throughout the week, KPRC Local 2 reported.

"Don't expect any kind of break for the next seven days," KPRC Local 2 meteorologist Anthony Yanez said.

Tuesday is expected to be a washout with an 80 percent chance of rain predicted.

There is a 60 percent chance of storms on July 4, but there is a possibility the sky will be clear for fireworks.

"We have seen, the last four or five days, rain in the morning and rain in the afternoons," Yanez said. "We really haven't seen a whole lot of rain at night. That's been the pattern."

Communities south of Houston received the most rain on Monday -- areas near Victoria received 9 inches, parts of Brazoria County received 5 inches and 6 inches of rain fell in Wharton.

"A low-pressure system is circulating near Waco," KPRC Local 2 chief meteorologist Frank Billingsley said. "That low is going to help pull (moisture) right toward us."

That means that Tuesday will have more rain.

"By 10 o'clock in the morning, if not sooner, the rain is there and it continues throughout the day on Tuesday and should stop about 8 o'clock," Billingsley said. "During that time, we could see some very heavy rain in the area. Wednesday -- more rain is on the computer forecast."

The heavy rain is raising fears about local river levels. The Brazos River could begin to cause flooding in a few days.

Emergency management officials are monitoring the Brazos River, but only minor flooding is expected.

Homeowners were still worried.

"You can't gauge it now. You can't gauge it because of all the construction and all of the things that are going on around us," West Columbia homeowner Sadie Diggs said.

Emergency management officials predict that no homes will take on water and roads will remain passable.

"If it does what the National Weather Service said it's going to do, we'll have some minor flooding in low-lying areas next to the river -- water in pastures mostly," said Doc Adams with Brazoria County Emergency Management Office.

The Brazos Bend State Park is closely being monitored as well.

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